Hayes, Brian

Tuesday, 14 June 2005

Seanad Eireann Debate
Vol. 180 No. 20

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Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy.

On behalf of my Fine Gael colleagues in this House, I express my sincere sympathy to the Fianna Fáil Party throughout the country and particularly to Seán Doherty’s wife, Maura, and their four daughte...

Order of Business.

The Garda Síochána Bill is currently before the Dáil. I ask the Leader to ascertain whether the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform intends to bring that Bill back to the Seanad before the s...

What happened to consensus and committee work?

It is sub judice.

Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage.

Question put: “That section 8 stand part of the Bill.”Voted No

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004: Committee Stage.

We welcome this radical set of amendments, which will place a new authority on a statutory basis to deal with the registration of deeds and to subsume the Land Registry. More important, I welcome the ...

Was that 1977?

That was a Freudian slip.

Up to now, any increase in conveyancing fees have to be sanctioned by the Minister of the day. Will that remain the case, following recommendations from the authority?

Senator Tuffy’s point is important in terms of paying fair fees for a service. The question now relates to the additionality that will occur as a result of these reforms. One could argue that decentra...

That is an airy fairy assertion.

Is the Minister suggesting a deregulation of the registry?

Previously, any Member of the Dáil could pose a parliamentary question in respect of the activities of the current registration bodies and I presume that process will continue when the new authority i...

The Minister should stick to today’s agenda.

The Minister is straying from the relevant point.

The Minister is deliberately misinterpreting what I said but he is doing so for effect. If the question is put to the authority, the authority should give a straight answer to the Member, rather give ...

As I understand it, there is provision for an advisory council to be established which would allow the issues raised by Senator Tuffy to be brought to the attention of the authority. In other words, I...

It was one of the amendments.

If accepted, amendment No. 52 will delete section 26. It is strange that the Minister of State says the Registration of Deeds and Title Rules Committee established under section 44 may, with the agree...